Improvement in railroad-car spittoon



luitul t-at2 J; S. DU BOIS,OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Lamm Patent N 93,975, datecl August 24, 1869.

IMPROVIEIMBN'I. IN RAILROAID -CAIR. SPITTOON'.

The Schedule refen'edizo in these Letters Patent an. makingpaxt of the sure.

T0 all whom zt may concern Be it-known that I, J. S. DU BOIS, of St. Louis, in the cuux aty of St. Louis, und State of Missourri, h. w:e invented a. new anti improved Railroad-Cztr Spit-t0on; and I do= heteby deelare that the follqwing, is a full, elea.r, aud exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to rrlake and use the Same, reference b'eing had to the accompa-nying drzuvings, forming a'pa.rt of this speoifiezmt-ion, in which Figure '1 represents a. vertical central seotiou of my i'mproved milroad-car spittoon.

Figure 2 is an invertedypian view, partly in section, 0f the same.

Figure 3 is a. detail side view of the same,

Similar let-ters of reference indiczrtecorresponding parts.

This inviantion relates to a. new spittoon to be fitted through the floor of a rz1ilroad-carr, so that it will at once ]et all liquid matter escape, whilesolid artieles, such as cigar-stumps, t( bil0, &e., will be reta.ined in it until disclmrged l y turning the bottkm 1 0f the spittoou.

'll1einvention consists in the generell combinzttioh With the spittoon of two perforated bottoms andspringr fastenings, all so arranged that the*operation of the device will be entirely satisfactory and perfect.

A, in the dmwin'g, represents .zt portion of the floor 0f a railroad-car.

Through a. circular, oval, or other aperture of the floor, is fitted theshell B oi' the spittoon, which shell is of ciylinrhical 01 other suitable form, with an outwardprojecting flange, a, at its upper end, said fl:mge supporting the spittoon on the floor.

T0 the sides 0f the shell B are fitted two springs, G zmd D, which, with shoulders b, fit under the floor A, t0 prevent the spittoon from being tanken out. 'll1eir upper encls reach thro1igh the floor, und a re concealed by elevated portions 0f the Hnge a. VVhen they are pressed in, the spittoon can be removed.

Tl1e bottom E of the spittoon is a. perfomted platte, hinged at c to the shell B, the hinge being below the spring D, as shown.

Above the bottom E is aminged, in the spittoon, a.

false bottom, F, which is made 0f wire netting, 'or other finely-perforaterl nmten'al.

The screen F is pivoted by a pin, (Z, whic h is fitted through the spittoon at right angles t0 the pin of the hinge c.

One end of the sereeu is weighted, so tliat it will swing down as long as not supported. by a.- pin, e, which piqiects from the bottom E.

'lhe spring G is pivoted by the pin d, so tha.t it ean turn 011 the same, and has a. hook, j, at its lower end, as in fig. 3. This ho'ok catches under a pin, g, project-ing from the bottom E, ancl thereby holde the intter closed.

'10 the spring G is fastened n smaller spring, h, which, with its free end, fits through an aperture in the end f the pin d.

All liquid mzttter put into the spittoon will flow 0ut through the perforated sereen und bottom, while dirt and 'solid matter will Be arrested by the screen, so z'1s not to clog the apertnres oi' the bottonrE.

When the spittoon is to be cleaned, the spring G is swung vto 0ne si le, so es to release the pin g, when the bottom E willflrop Open. At the -Sillll8 time the support e is withdrawn from the screen, und the-same will pa;rtly, 1by its own weight, pzutly by the ztction of the spring halso be swung open, t0 dischzuge ali matter pladefl upon it.

Having thus desoribed my invention,

Wha.t I claim as new, a;i1d desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A railro'zutcar spittoon, consisting of' the shell B, perfomted.bottom E, and screen F, all arranged so tha.t liquid matter ea.u always escape, while solid articles are det2iinecl by the sereen, substantiallyas herein shovim ancl described.

2. '.lhe springs O, D, {und h, a.nd pins (Z, in combination with the hinged bottorn E, pivoted screen F, v

und flanged shell B, all arrai1grd und 0pemting substantially as herein shown and described.

' J. S. DU BOIS. Witnesses:

GEORGE J. DU Bars, WM. LEA. 

